British journal of anaesthesia
-
Review Meta Analysis
Success rate of prehospital emergency front-of-neck access (FONA): a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Front-of-neck access (FONA) is an emergency procedure used as a last resort to achieve a patent airway in the prehospital environment. In this systematic review with meta-analysis, we aimed to evaluate the number and success rate of FONA procedures in the prehospital setting, including changes since 2017, when a surgical technique was outlined as the first-line prehospital method. ⋯ PROSPERO CRD42022348975.